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Of or relating to biology. -- Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

Physiology. [R.] Dunglison.

highsounding; inflated. -- Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv. A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. Burke.

Relating to bryology; as, bryological studies.

One versed in bryology.

of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Grology.

Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.

One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.

many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology.

The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy. They shall hear no cant fromF. W. Robertson

al) which make up the strata of the Carboniferous age or period. See the Diagram under Geology.

Of or pertaining to carcinology.

Of or pertaining to carpology.

One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.

ns, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology.

eristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of cauda galli. See the Diagram under Geology.

and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also cænozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology.

Of or pertaining to cetology.

One versed in cetology.